The Coalition against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE) presented a petition of more than 200,000 signatures calling for action against abusive lawsuits filed with the purpose of shutting down critical journalism, advocacy and whistleblowing - also known as ‘strategic lawsuits against public participation’ (SLAPPs). CASE was founded to counter the growing number of vexatious, abusive lawsuits. […]
UK campaign targets 'LGBT-free zones' in Polish twin towns
In recent years, Polish towns have drawn international condemnation for passing charters denouncing LGBT+ ideology. Now, a UK campaign is pushing back.
Polish flags fly in London's Leicester Square during Pride 2018
Angry, young and desperate to express himself. This was how Jarek Kubiak felt when he left his Polish hometown of Lodz in 2006 to begin a new life as a gay man in the UK.
Living in London, Kubiak avoided Polish people because he wanted to forget his closeted life back home.
"I didn’t want to keep that Polishness in me," he told DW.
Amsterdam has marked 20 years since the world’s first gay marriages by floating an inflatable pink cake with candles spouting rainbow flames down the canal.
Twenty years ago on April 1, the city was host to a historic event when the mayor married four couples in the city hall and the Netherlands became the first country in the world to legally recognise same-sex marriage.
The celebrations on Thursday mark a milestone after two decades when LGBT rights have flourished in many parts of Europe and further afield, with 16 countries in western Europe having now legalised same-sex marriage.
But activists warn that the work is not done.
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